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P. MILES.

COMBINED W IRES FOR WIRE FENCES.

No 277,917. 7 Patented May Inventar Mlnessas mam/4&4

N. IETERS. PbohrLilhngnpher. Washinglon. n. c

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PUROHES MILES, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

COMBINED WIRES F' OR WI RE FENCES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,917, dated May 22, 1883.

Application flied September 18, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PUROHES Moms, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Combined Wires for Wire Fences, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention is designed to provide acompound wire composed of two parallel wires so plied as to insure greatly-increased strength and permanence to the said wires, especially as against vertical strain.

My said invention further comprises certain novel combinations of parts, whereby greatlyincreased strength is given to the compound wire aforesaid, and whereby its use in connection with barbs or points formed therewith is provided for.

Figure l is a. side view, and Fig. 2 a transverse sectional view, illustrating the principal feature of my said invention. Fig. 3 is a top view of the same.' Figs. 4 and 6 are side views, representing additional features of mysaid invention; and Figs. 5 and 7 are' vertical sec; tional views in planes transverse, respectively, to those of Figs. 4 and 6.

A B are two wires, placed at any distance apart that may be desired-as, for example, from one to two inches, more or less-*and conposition with reference to each other, and indicated in Figs. 1, 4, and 6. These braces are formed of wire preferably of the same character and diameter as the wires A B, and have their opposite ends coiled around the said wires A and B with sufficient firmness and snugness to insure their retention in place.

These braces 0, arranged in zigzag fashion, as

just described, and constituting oblique braces connecting the wires A B,and supporting the one of the said wires in relation with the other, provide, in combination with said wires, what may be termeda trussed combined wire capable of resisting great vertical strain in substantially the same manner that great strength in proportion to the weight involved is obtained by the principle of the truss embodied in bridges, trestle-work, and the like.

Ordinarily the series of oblique braces (J will be made of a single piece of wire first bent to trussed by intermediate braces peculiarly ap-.

nected by oblique braces 0, arranged in zigzag zigzag form and then applied with its corners or angles twisted around the wires 413, as shown in the side views,Figs.1 and 6. In order to provide barbs upon the aforesaid combined wire, the coils at the angles of the wire of which the braces O are made, and which attach the said braces to the wires A B, as just described, may be divided vertically, and the ends thus formed be drawn out and turned laterally to form sharp barbs, as shown at a in I Fig. 4. Preferably, however, thesaid corners or angles will be drawn out and flattened without being divided, and will be cut or otherwise shaped laterally to form a point, as shown at I) in Fig. 6, the result in either case being that the combined wire, constructed as aforesaid, is provided with strong and suitablysharpened barbs, as also represented in Figs.

5 and 7. r

In practice the construction shown in Fig. 6 is somewhat to bepreferred, inasmuch as it affords greater strength and permanence than when the angular corners of the wire of which the oblique braces are made are divided, as just'explained with reference to Fig. 4. 7 5

When desired, the wire may be duplicated that is to say, the wire of which the braces G are formed may comprise two wires placed side by side, with the corner or angle portions of the wire forming the braces C coiled around the two in substantially the same manner as the same are coiled around the one wire, as represented in the drawings. In like manner more than one additional strand of wire may be used, and the said strands, together with the original wire A, may be twisted. Where only one strand is used, as represented in the drawings, small semicircular bends, or crimps f may be formed in the wire, in order to provide for the expansion and contraction of the 0 wire from changes of temperature, and semicircular crimps may, when preferred, be formed in the braces C. It will be observed that by the construction and arrangement of the zigzag oblique braces the ends of the latter are 5 either brought snugly against each other, as represented, for instance, in Fig. 1, or are actually united by the continuity of the wire of which they are formed, as represented in Fig.6. In either case the lateral displace- 10o ment of the braces with reference to each other, or withreference to the wires A B, is prevented, and the one brace is enabled to directly support the other. Furthermore, inas- 5 much as the braces are attached to the wires A B by being wound around the same, a very firm and secure retention of the braces to the wires at the points of attachment thereto is insured. I urthermorejnasmuchasthepoints or barbs are formed directly upon the braces themselves and attached to the wires A B by the direct coiling of the braces upon the said wires, it follows that the barbs themselves are not only easily and cheaply formed, but are themselves secured in the most permanent manner to the compound wire.

I am aware that it has been proposed to form compound wires for wire fences by connecting two parallel wires with crosswires placed at right angles to the parallel wires and with their ends provided with barbs and coiled around the said parallel wires; but my invention differs materially from such construction heretofore attempted, inasmuch as in the for preventing the lateral displacement of the transverse wires. The said wires do not mutually support each other, and the barbs themselves are liable to be displaced by the movement of the transverse wires, thereby being liable to disarrangement. Such therefore I do not claim.

latter almost no eifective provision is made' I am further aware that it has been proposed to unite certain parallel rods or barbs by zigzag wires attached thereto by clamps or fastenin'gs conjoined with the use of barbs or points, each of which is made separately and of a distinct and separate piece of wire; but such a construction differs essentially from my said invention, inasmuch as the same is complicated in character and liable to become injured or disarranged. Such therefore I do not claim, as'it is devoid of the peculiar merits or advantages arising from the combinations embraced in my said invention; but

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A fence-wire consisting of two parallel strands connected by contiguous oblique braces bent around the rail-strands, substantially as shown.

2. A fence-wire consisting of two parallel strands connected bycontiguous oblique braces formed of a continuous wire coiled or bent around the strands at intervals, substantially as shown.

3. A fence-wire consisting of two parallel strands connected by contiguous oblique braces formed of a continuous wire coiled or bent at intervals around the strands, substantially as shown, and provided at each angle with a barb.

PUROI-IES MILES.

Witnesses:

THOMAS E. GROSSMAN, RUDoLF BJELLMAN. 

